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ALFRED KELLER, OF ST. CROIX, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO GUSTAVE ALFRED MERMOD, LEON MARCEL lllEHMOD, AND T.OUlSy ll'llLLlPE MERMOD, OF ST. CROIX, SWITZERLAND. f

FLUID-DISTRIBUTING. APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

To all whom it may concern,.- 13e it known that I, ALFRED KELLER, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at St. Croix, canton of Vaud, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in liluid-DistributinfVr Apparatus, of which the ollowing is a ful clear, and exact descripion.

.My invention. relates to` apparatus for the distribution of fluid, and particularly liquid soa rlphe object of the invention is to provide a simple and reliable construction for the inanual control and distribution of fluids in quantities as desired.

The invention consists in improvements are illustrated in the accompanying single sheet of drawings.

Briefly described, it com rises a member having a chamber with vafife-control inlets and outlets and a plunger for forcing the desired amount of fluid from the chamber.

The details of inechanisiirfor carrying out :n y invention will be more clearly understood from the following specificatiprf.

Fi ure 1 is a front view of'ja'pparatus embodying the improvements of my invention, together with a huid-reservoir. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the saine. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the apparatus, taken on a plane at right angles to t is a plan view of the base and va ve mechanism..` Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the same on the plane of the line X X, Fig. 5.

1 indicates a reservoir of any suitable charof glass. Its location, com struction, and method of attachment to the apparatus is immaterial.

2 is the body of tbc preferably, of metal.

3 is a suitable clamp or support for the apparatus.

4 is a feed-pipe for the fluid, leading from the to p to the bottom.

5 is a base member, preferably removably device constructed,

attached to the body and having a U-shaped passage 6. One end of this passage receives the lower end of the feed-pipe 4 and the other end leads to the chamber 7.

8 is a ball acting as a vi lve to prevent fluid at shown in Fir. 2. Fig. 5-

from passing from the chamber 7 back through the passage 6.

8 is a'plate removably secured to tbe base 5, having a finger which prevents the ball 8 from rising too far from its seat. l

9 is a passage similar to the passage 6, which leads from the chamber 7 and has its outlet beneathvthe plate 8.

10 is a ball normally seated'in the outlet of the passage 9 by means of the spring l l.

12 is the outlet.V 1

13 is a piston or plunger located body 2 above the chamber 7.

14 is a cap secured to the plunger 1B, and 15 is a spring, which engages the under side of theA cap 14 and normally presses the plunger upward.

16 is a stop-piece, which prevents the plunger from rising above its proper position.

17 is the head of-fthe lunger, formed of suitable material for pac ing'the joint and in the preventing the escape of fluid upward around the plunger'.

18 is a manually-controllable lever, which passes through an opening in the plunger 13 and is pivote-d to thel body 2 by means of the screw 19.

Normally the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2. When the lever 18 is pressed downward, 'the plunger' 13 descends, and any fluid within the chamber 7 is forced through the passage 9 and outlet 12, the valve 8 lbeing closed and the valve 10 being opened by the pressure. Vhcn bi lever 18 is released or moved upward, fluid from the reservoir flows through the conduit 4 and passage 6 to the chamber 7, the valve opening. lhe pressure of the spring 11 is sufficient to normally hold back Whatever fluid is Within the chamber 7. The saine amount of fluid is delivered every time the lever 18 is depressed its full extent. Varying amounts of fluid may be delivered by varying the extent of depression of the lever 18. n

The parts are all constructed so that they may be readily cleaned.

All joints through which the fluid might escape are properly pac-lied.

The device may be made in any size and suitable for delivering any quantity or kind Aof fiuid g but the mechanism herein illustrated is particularly adapted for the delivery of said chamber and forcing luid out therefrom,

liquid soap a detachable base member, both of said The advantages of the apparatus Will be valves bein carried thereby. apparent to those who are skilled in the art. 3. In a` uid-delivery apparatus, a body What I claim is- 1. In afluid-delivery apparatus, the commember 'having passages leading to and from bina tion of a bod having a feed-conduit and a pressure-cham er, a controllable plunger valve in the outlet-passage, and a removable 'venting the flow of fluid bac lng from said chamber, a valve there or nor# i Witnesses :Y

1n said chamber, a base member having an plate for holding said valves in position.

upwardlysturned supply-passage at the foot 4. In a fluid-delivery apparatus, a body of said feed-conduit, the upwardly-turned having a chamber, a plunger therein, a reend leading into said pressure-chamber, a U- movable base member having U-shaped inlet shaped disch geassage, a valve for each of and outlet passa es, a gravity-valve for said said passages, nel) a seat in each passage for inlet-passage an a spring-pressed valve for the valve therein, said seat being belowsaid y said outlet-passage.

valve iii each instance. l 5. In a fluid-distributing apparatus, a body having a chamber,a plunger therein, a base said chamber, a valve in the inlet-passage, a

2. Ai device for the delivery oliuids hav- ,i having a chamber, a plunger therein, a re-v ing a feed-conduit, a 'retainingchamber, a movable base member having U-sha ed inlet passage connecting said 1eedconduit and said chamber, a valve for said )assage pre passages to control the same, and a seat for li from said each valve, respectively, each of said seats chamber, a seat for said valve, said seat bebeing below the respective valves.

ing below said valve, an outlet-passa e lead'- ALFRED KELLER.

mally preventing the flow of fluid, and con- FRANCIS B. KEENE, trollable means for increasing the pressure'in L. H. MUNIER.

and outlet passages, a valve in eac of saidl 

